Software Developer - Capacity Engineering and Analysis

About the team + role

The Capacity Engineering and Analysis team (CEA) is a dedicated engineering group within Infrastructure, that is tasked as the guardians of all things around our cloud costs at Robinhood. Join a team that works multi-functionally building critical systems to identify and reduce costs to ensure we optimize for scaled cloud use. The team is expected to continue to expand its scope from observability and cost dashboards to much more as the team continues to grow!

We are looking for a Software Developer to join the team and help Robinhood continue to build impressive systems while optimizing our costs surrounding our cloud systems.

What you’ll do

• Design and optimize large-scale systems within the team, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability
• Set up and drive technical directions of the project while mentoring and up-leveling junior engineers on the team.
• Supporting core backend systems for Capacity Engineering and Analysis and other teams within Infrastructure Engineering.
• Partner cross functionally with almost every engineering team at Robinhood to ensure teams are set up for success in regards to their AWS costs.

What you bring

• You have experience in a similar organization that deals with significant scale
• You have successfully led initiatives that have reduced cloud costs
• You have exposure with public clouds, ideally Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Hands-on experience with cloud cost management (aka FinOps, cloud financial management, cloud economics)

Our team is here to enable an inclusive and welcoming interview experience for all candidates. If you need additional assistance throughout the interview process related to a physical or mental condition, or if there is something our team can do to enable a more accessible experience at any time, please notify our team by completing this Applicant Accommodation Form.